This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 743 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 743 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Also know as Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular weakness or atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. B) Multiple sclerosis. C) Parkinson's disease. D) Alzheimer's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 2. Nerve fibers that transmit impulses from the the visceral organs are known as A) Visceral fibers. B) Somatic fibers. C) Microfibrils. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visceral fibers. 3. The leading treatment for parkinson's disease is A) Carbidopa-levodopa. B) Carbidopa-levodopa. C) Carbinova-levopada. D) Carbidopa-levodopa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbidopa-levodopa. 4. Part of the brain that controls balance and muscle coordination A) Brainstem. B) CereBELLUM. C) Cerebrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CereBELLUM. 5. If Jessica accidentally touches the stove while cooking and she immediately pulls her hand back, this is an example of the autonomic nervous system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is the part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, language, and memories. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 7. Reflex actions are controlled by which part of the nervous system? A) Brain. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal Cord. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinal Cord. 8. What do we take into our lungs to be passed into our blood vessels? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Water vapour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 9. This type of neuron sends messages from you from inside and outside the body to the brain? A) Sensory Neurons. B) Motor Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neurons. 10. The brain is an organ A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. ..... is the portion of the brain that controls balance. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain stem. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 12. What is the fatty substance produced by glial cells that insulates the axons of some neurons? A) Refractory period. B) Dopamine. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myelin. 13. The skeletal muscles are controlled by this part of the nervous system. A) Somatic Nervous system. B) Autonomic Nervous system. C) Astrocytes. D) Glial cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous system. 14. These are sensitive to odor molecules and help your brain recognize smells: A) Receptors. B) Nostrils. C) Nasal passages. D) Nose hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptors. 15. The synapse is the area that occurs A) Between the cell body and axon. B) Between dendrites and cell bodies. C) Between two neurons. D) Between myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between two neurons. 16. What are the main parts of a neuron? A) Cell body, axon, dendrites. B) Nucleus, mitochondria, organelles. C) Synapse, neurotransmitters, receptors. D) Myelin sheath, axon terminal, soma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body, axon, dendrites. 17. The nerves make up the A) CNS. B) PNS. C) RAS. D) ANS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PNS. 18. It carries impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles. A) Dendrites. B) Axon. C) Sensory neurons. D) Motor Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor Neurons. 19. What does CN # 4 function to ..... A) Move your nose. B) Move your eyes. C) Move your mouth. D) Balance and equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move your eyes. 20. Automatic and quick Action is called A) Reflex Action. B) Sensory Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflex Action. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8Nervous System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books